At the same time, seeing my Facebook page light up with an endless sea of rainbow flags and jeers at Antonin Scalia, there’s something that gnaws at me. To stand up for Alan Turing in 1952 would’ve taken genuine courage. To support gay rights in the 60s, 70s, 80s, even the 90s, took courage. But celebrating a social change when you know all your friends will upvote you, more than a decade after the tide of history has made the change unstoppable? It’s fun, it’s righteous, it’s justified, I’m doing it myself. But let’s not kid ourselves by calling it courageous.